With the continuous development of communication technology, mobile phones become rich in function and become more and more open, interactive, virtual, and so on. Young people’s pursuit of fashion and overuse of mobile phones lead to the phenomenon of mobile phone addiction being very prominent which have a negative impact on their learning, life and healthy growth. By referring to the relevant literature, this paper discusses the concept, mechanism and influencing factors of mobile phone addiction, and analyzes the characteristics of the mobile phone addiction.